Complete Chess Course [Hardcover] [rare books] by Fred Reinfeld

published as eight separate volumes, and now conveniently collected in one edition, The Complete Chess Course offers a summarized review of the basic principles of chess as well as the fine points of the world's most challenging game. For beginners and experts alike.

BOOK ONE-Summary of chess fundamentals, providing your first springboard into this "royal" game.

BOOK TWO-The nine most common mistakes, from neglecting devel-opment of your pieces and underestimating your opponent's threats to getting pinned and making too many Queen moves in the opening.

BOOK THREE-Planning the opening, from the White point of view, so as to get a promising middle game.

BOOK FOUR-From Black's point of view, discussion of counterattack

and defense.

BOOK FIVE-How to win when you're ahead, with discussion and

examples of endings.

BOOK SIX-How to fight back, and making the best of an apparently

lost game.

BOOK SEVEN-How to play the King Pawn openings, with presenta-tions of Danish Gambit, Sicilian Defense, and others.

BOOK EIGHT-How to play the Queen Pawn openings, with examples f Queen's Indian Defense and Queen's Gambit Accepted, as well s others.